The process of chemical metallization (with silver, copper and other metals) of synthetic fibrous materials (for example, syntepon) has been developed. This allows one to conserve high porosity, elasticity and strength of the initial material and to impart new valuable characteristics to them (conductivity, bactericidal action, etc.). For syntepon with the surface density of 100 g/m2 and silver consumption of 10 g/m2, the average thickness of the coating is about 100 nm, and conductivity is 1-5 Ohm-1.m-2. The silver layer is not continuous; it consists of globules 50-200 nm in size.
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